Utilization and protection of halophytes and salt-affected landscapes
The conference topics are
-Ecology and utilisation of halophytes
-Protection of saline lakes, grasslands and other salt-affected habitats -Ecological consequences of soil amelioration
-New approaches and results in the amelioration of sodic soils, under irrigation and rain fed conditions (chemical, agrotechnical, biological and complex amelioration practices, afforestation measures)
-Use of saline waters in agriculture
-Ecology and soil-plant correlations in native salt-affected habitats
-Prevention and prediction of secondary salinization/sodication/alkalization due to irrigation
-Prevention of ecological catastrophes and other off-site consequences of secondary salinization
-Increase of public awareness and education for the prevention of secondary salinization
-The role of geological and other environmental conditions in the genesis of saline and sodic soils
-Groundwater depth, concentration and its relationship with salinization/sodication/alkalization of soils
-Classification of salt-affected soils for international correlation, land use and land evaluation
-Spatial and temporal changes in salinity/sodicity/alkalinity status of salt-affected areas
-Assessment of soil salinity/sodicity/alkalinity with new laboratory and field techniques
-Remote sensing and GIS in the assessment, mapping and monitoring of salinity/sodicity/alkalinity status of soils
-Agrogeological problems related to salinization/sodication/alkalization
-Mapping of salt-affected soils based on environmental correlation
-Modern methods for the characterization and diagnosis of physico-chemical and colloid-chemical properties of sodic soils
-Legal aspects of irrigation-induced salinization